Constantin Traian Ștefan (born 8 January 1951) is a
Romania
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n former footballer who played as a
goalkeeper
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Club career
Constantin Ștefan was born on 3 January 1951 in Brașov
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, Romania
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. He started his career at age 14 at the junior squads of Universitatea Cluj
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, a team for which he made his Divizia A
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debut on 23 September 1968 when coach Constantin Teașcă
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Teașcă was the manager of Romania in 1962 and 1967. He managed Turkish side Fenerbahçe from 1970 to 1971. He was a ...
sent him on the field in the 88th minute in order to replace Cristian Ringheanu in a 3–0 victory against Argeș Pitești and won the national title at junior level in 1969.[ After 6 seasons in which he played 85 ]Divizia A
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matches for "U" Cluj, helping the club finish 3rd in the 1971–72 Divizia A
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Teams
League table
Results
Top goalscorers
Champion squad
See also
* 1971–72 Divizia B
* 1971–72 Divizia C
* 1971– ...
, also appearing in two games against Levski Sofia
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in the 1972–73 UEFA Cup
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, he was transferred to Dinamo București A dynamo is a magnetic device originally used as an electric generator.
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.[ In his first season spent with '' The Red Dogs'', he won the ]Divizia A
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title under coach Nicolae Dumitru, making only 2 appearances as the team's first choice for the goalkeeper position was Mircea Constantinescu, but won another title in the 1976–77 season, this time making 31 appearances under coach Ion Nunweiller.[ Ștefan played a total of 101
]Divizia A
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appearances in his 6 seasons spent at Dinamo A dynamo is a magnetic device originally used as an electric generator.
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and played 7 games in European competitions, including a clean sheet in a 1–0 victory against Real Madrid
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in the 1975–76 European Cup
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.[ Constantin Ștefan ended his career by playing three seasons in ]Divizia B
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, one at Rapid București
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and the last two at Dinamo Victoria București, afterwards working as a mathematics teacher.[
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International career
Constantin Ștefan played one game for Romania
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under coach Ștefan Kovács
Ștefan Kovács ( ro, Ştefan Covaci; hu, Kovács István; 2 October 1920 – 12 May 1995) was a Romanian football player and coach. By winning 15 major titles he is one of the most successful association football coaches in the history of t ...
in a 1–0 defeat against East Germany
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on Stadion der Weltjugend
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from Berlin
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.
Honours
Dinamo București
*Divizia A
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: 1974–75, 1976–77[
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References
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1951 births
Living people
Romanian footballers
Romania international footballers
Association football goalkeepers
Liga I players
Liga II players
FC Universitatea Cluj players
FC Dinamo București players
FC Rapid București players
Victoria București players
Sportspeople from Brașov